Inning: 1 Minnesota Sam McElveen pitching. Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Rick Fisher grounds out to the second baseman. Brad Didier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Art Gagliano pitching. Hersh Smith triples. Bunny Lynch grounds out to the shortstop. Hersh Smith scores. Whitey Smith flies out to the center fielder. Dan Gearin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tim Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Pete High singles to left field. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pete High is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Claude Lazar flies out to the left fielder. Mark Mankowski pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Lemon pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Andy Leever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Art Gagliano lines out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Butch Reynolds grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam McElveen grounds out to the third baseman. Hersh Smith doubles to center field. Bunny Lynch singles to left field. Hersh Smith scores. Bunny Lynch steals second. Whitey Smith singles past the third baseman. Bunny Lynch scores. Dan Gearin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Rick Fisher singles to left field. Brad Didier walks. Tim Tate flies out to the center fielder. Rick Fisher steals third. Pete High hits a home run. Rick Fisher scores. Brad Didier scores. Butts Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Hernandez bunts for a base hit. Andy Leever grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Clarence Hernandez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Claude Lazar walks. Mark Mankowski flies out to the center fielder. Claude Lazar steals second. Bobby Lemon grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Lazar advances to third on the play. Butch Reynolds walks. Sam McElveen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Art Gagliano strikes out. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Fisher singles to right field. Brad Didier singles to center field. Rick Fisher advances to third on the hit. Brad Didier steals second. Tim Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Hersh Smith reached on a fielding error by Tim Tate. Bunny Lynch strikes out. Whitey Smith hits a home run. Hersh Smith scores. Dan Gearin strikes out. Claude Lazar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pete High reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dan Gearin. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez singles to right field. Pete High is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Andy Leever doubles to right field. Clarence Hernandez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Dauss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Art Gagliano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mark Mankowski flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Lemon flies out to the center fielder. Butch Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Rick Fisher singles to right field. Rick Fisher steals second. Brad Didier strikes out. Tim Tate walks. Pete High flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jose Phelps is pinch hitting for Jim Dauss. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jose Phelps grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hersh Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bunny Lynch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Aaron Elston pitching. Butts Girardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Flannery is pinch hitting for Andy Leever. Tom Flannery walks. Ezra Birmingham is pinch hitting for Joe Scott. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ezra Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dick Donaldson pitching. Whitey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Gearin flies out to the center fielder. Claude Lazar strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll doubles to left field. Rick Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Brad Didier strikes out. Tim Tate singles to right field. Oddibe Knoll scores. Masayuki Masuda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete High singles to left field. Butts Girardi singles to center field. Tim Tate scores. Pete High advances to third on the hit. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Mark Mankowski flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Lemon walks. Stan Diering is pinch hitting for Butch Reynolds. Stan Diering strikes out. Jake Scarborough comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Masayuki Masuda grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bobby Lemon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Hersh Smith (1).3B - Hersh Smith (1).HR - Whitey Smith (2). Baserunning: SB - Bunny Lynch (1), Claude Lazar (3). Fielding: E - Dan Gearin.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Connatser did not respond to coaching in control John Swindells improves in range John Connatser did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Cipriani improves in power_vs_lefty Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Hoffman improves in range Ray Ramos improves in power_vs_lefty Deion Hill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Sanderson improves in arm